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In Hinduism
Samkhya (school of philosophy)
: Shodhganga: Prakrti and purusa in Samkhyakarika an analytical review1) Ahetumat (啶呧す啷囙い啷佮ぎ啶む, 鈥渨ithout a cause鈥�).鈥擳he non-manifest form of 辫谤补办峁泃颈 is called m奴la辫谤补办峁泃颈 or avyakta or 辫谤补诲丑腻苍补. There is no entity which is subtler than m奴la辫谤补办峁泃颈. From this it can be said that the existence of m奴la辫谤补办峁泃颈 is not dependent on any other entity. According to S膩峁僰hyak膩rik膩 3, m奴la辫谤补办峁泃颈 is 补惫颈办峁泃颈 (i.e. it is not an effect of anything). It means that m奴la辫谤补办峁泃颈 or avyakta is ahetumat. All material manifestations are dependent on m奴la辫谤补办峁泃颈 or avyakta for their existence. Because, m奴la辫谤补办峁泃颈 or avyakta is the ultimate substratum (dharmi) of all manifestations of the world.
2) Ahetumat (啶呧す啷囙い啷佮ぎ啶む, 鈥渨ithout a cause鈥�).鈥擳here is no cause of 辫耻谤耻峁 (pure consciousness). For this reason, it is non-caused (ahetumat). Birth and death referred to in S膩峁僰htak膩rik膩 18 is not birth and death of 艣uddha-辫耻谤耻峁. Vaddha-辫耻谤耻峁 i.e the consciousness reflected in the buddhi may be hetumat, but 艣uddha-辫耻谤耻峁 is ahetumat. The 鈥�na 辫谤补办峁泃颈rna vik峁泃i岣� 辫耻谤耻峁鈥� phrase inserted in S膩峁僰hyak膩rik膩 3 clearely asserts that 辫耻谤耻峁 is neither effect, nor cause of anything. For this reason, 艣uddha-辫耻谤耻峁 (pure consciousness) is without any cause (ahetumat).
Samkhya (啶膏ぞ啶傕啷嵿く, S膩峁僰hya) is a dualistic school of Hindu philosophy (astika) and is closeley related to the Yoga school. Samkhya philosophy accepts three pramanas (鈥榩roofs鈥�) only as valid means of gaining knowledge. Another important concept is their theory of evolution, revolving around prakriti (matter) and purusha (consciousness).
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